Bonnie James Campbell
Frank Proffitt * Track #4 On Frank Proffitt
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Bonnie James Campbell by Frank Proffitt
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This is Proffitt’s version of quite an old tune originating in Scotland. It’s one of the so-called Child Ballads (#210), collected in the latter half of the 19th century. Lots of old songs from Scotland and Northern England managed to survive in the old-time music of Appalachia, so while this isn’t...
Bonnie James Campbell Lyrics
Booted and spurred and bridled rode he
A plume in his saddle and a sword at his knee
Back come his saddle all bloody to see
Back come his steed but never come he
Ridin' on the highlands, steep was the way
Ridin' on the lowlands, hard by the Tay
Out come his old mother, with feet also bare
Out come his bonnie bride, riving off her hair
The meadow's all a-fallin', the sheep all unshorn
The house is a-leakin' and the babies unborn
But Bonnie James Campell nowhere you see
With a plume in his saddle and sword at his knee
Back to home come his saddle all bloody to see
Home come the steed but never come he